Article by Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Washington (CNN)A federal judge blocked a Mississippi law on Friday that forbids abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. In issuing a preliminary...

Article by LAURIE PENNY The goal of the wave of anti-abortion laws in America is to put female sexuality under strict and brutal state control. Let’s start by acknowledging that women are not things. Before we talk, like we have to, about what the attacks on abortion...

Article by Amir Vera, CNN Click here to watch video (CNN)Filmmaker Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have joined the list of Hollywood stars who say they will boycott Georgia after the state’s governor signed the controversial “heartbeat bill”...

Article by Dade Hayes A Lionsgate film reuniting the Bridesmaids duo of Kristen Wiiig and Annie Mumoloand Amazon Prime series The Power have withdrawn from planned shoots in Georgia. The state, which has become a hotbed of film and TV production in recent years, is...

Article by Orion Donovan-Smith May 17 Click here to watch video A Republican Missouri legislator apologized Friday for using the phrase “consensual rape” during a debate over a new, restrictive antiabortion bill. “I’m not trying to make excuses,” said Rep. Barry...

Article by Eric ZornContact Reporter Chicago Tribune An 11-year-old rape victim in northwestern Ohio is pregnant, according to news reports, and a highly restrictive state law on abortion signed last month says a girl in her position must carry and deliver her...

Article by NORA CAPLAN-BRICKER In the city of Maplewood, Missouri, calling 911 to report violence in your home can get you evicted for being a “nuisance.” Rosetta Watson, a survivor of domestic abuse, learned this the hard way after she called police multiple times...

Article by MARK JOSEPH STERN On Tuesday, Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a “fetal heartbeat” bill that seeks to outlaw abortion after about six weeks. The measure, HB 481, is the most extreme abortion ban in the country—not just because it would impose...

Article by Frances Stead Sellers and Dan Lamothe The Pentagon recorded a nearly 38 percent spike in sexual assaults reported by service members in 2018, according to data released Thursday, despite senior military officials repeatedly saying in recent years that they...

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